Beaches (1988)
- Directed by
- Garry Marshall
- Genre
- drama film, musical film, comedy drama, female buddy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 283 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two women from different backgrounds meet as children and form a friendship that lasts for decades. The story follows their lives through good times and struggles as they support each other.
bittersweetemotionalsentimentalmelancholicwarmupliftingdramaticfemale-focused
What happens
Beaches is a 1988 American comedy drama film based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan. Depending on the region, the film also goes by titles such as Forever Friends, Remember Me (alternately), Throughout Life (France), Girlfriends (German), The Friends (Greece & Denmark), Eternally Friends (Spanish), On the Beach (Russia), Deeper Love Than Sisters (Taiwan), and Song on the Beach (Turkey). The film is now regarded as a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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